Publication History
The first issue of the series was released in February 2008. Originally planned for a 3 issues a year at 32 pages, the format was changed as of issue 5 to 24 pages (22 pages of comics, and a 2 page letter column titled "RASLetters") for less wait in between. According to Jeff Smith's blog, the series will go bi-monthly with issue 7. Issue 6 was delayed for an extensively long time, from October 2009 to January 2010.
Earlier in the series' production, it was unclear whether RASL was supposed to be a limited series or a standard ongoing series. However, in response to a fan's post on Smith's Facebook page on August 1, 2010, he commented; "I'm not sure how many issues there will be exactly, but you'll probably only have to be collecting RASL for about two more years", confirming that it is in fact an ongoing series and that Smith estimates the series to end somewhere between 2012 to 2013. Smith suggested in the "RASLetters" section of issue 10 that either issue 15 or 16 will be the final issue of the series. Ultimately, the series ended with issue 15 in August 2012.
- Release dates
- Issue #1 - February 27, 2008
- Issue #2 - June 18, 2008
- Issue #3 - October 15, 2008
- Issue #4 - April 29, 2009
- Issue #5 - July 15, 2009
- Issue #6 - January 20, 2010
- Issue #7 - March 31, 2010
- Issue #8 - July 20, 2010
- Issue #9 - November 24, 2010
- Issue #10 - April 20, 2011
- Issue #11 - July 6, 2011
- Issue #12 - October 25, 2011
- Issue #13 - February 2012
- Issue #14 - May 30, 2012
- Issue #15 - August 1, 2012
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